KurdWatch, August 10, 2016—On July 27, 2016, Ismaʿil Ibrahim Khalil (married, four children) died in a Syrian prison in Latakia. The member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Syria (PDK‑S) was arrested on October 10, 2011 in Qarmatlaq near ʿAfrin by the Syrian security service. He was accused of trafficking weapons but was never sentenced.